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Post by keymod on Jul 30, 2015 4:09:13 GMT -6
I'm currently using Windows 7 64bit Pro for my home office/backup DAW computer. What do you folks prefer for an Anti-virus Software? From what I can tell, the two leading ones are Norton and Kaspersky. Also, my main DAW computer, same system as above, is only online for DAW-related updates and software purchases. Is it necessary to have an Anti-Virus program on that machine? I think I remember reading somewhere once that an Anti-Virus program can actually interfere with a DAW. Is that incorrect? Any recommendations would be helpful. |
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Post by gouge on Jul 30, 2015 4:29:30 GMT -6
Microsoft's defender.
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Post by mobeach on Jul 30, 2015 4:50:40 GMT -6
I've been using Panda with no issues. I've had good luck with Trend Micro as well.
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Post by b1 on Jul 30, 2015 5:55:28 GMT -6
I'm currently using Windows 7 64bit Pro for my home office/backup DAW computer. What do you folks prefer for an Anti-virus Software? From what I can tell, the two leading ones are Norton and Kaspersky. Also, my main DAW computer, same system as above, is only online for DAW-related updates and software purchases. Is it necessary to have an Anti-Virus program on that machine? I think I remember reading somewhere once that an Anti-Virus program can actually interfere with a DAW. Is that incorrect? Any recommendations would be helpful. A lot of times, when I remove viruses, I remove Norton at the same time - from that machine. It used to be great years ago. I wouldn't use Norton on a DAW machine. Kaspersky gets high ratings and is less of an interference if using their free products, manually. Kaspersky's fulltime products are better suited to the office machine. As gouge mentioned, Windows defender. It works great on a DAW machine. It works in the background and is running now on your Win7. Or, you can install Microsoft Security Essentials. It works like Defender. If you want to manually scan with Defender, go to the Program Files > Windows Defender, and right click "MSASCui.exe", then send a link to your desktop. If you install MSE, it will become the front-end to Defender. A combo that works great together with out fighting each other, is MSE (or Defender) + the free version of Malwarebytes to be run manually. |
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Post by keymod on Jul 30, 2015 14:26:25 GMT -6
Thanks B1. So Defender is already on my machine? Then why do I get Microsoft warnings about needing to install an Anti-virus program?
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Post by b1 on Jul 30, 2015 15:34:15 GMT -6
keymod, if you had another antivirus software, it could have disabled it. Or for some reason the service was stopped. A couple of things to check. 1) Go to Program Files (not x86), and look for the Windows Defender folder. If it's there, double click "MSASCui.exe" and see if it reports the service is turned off. The "Action Center" may report the status of Defender (the white flag icon in the tray). You may need to install MSE for it to report antivirus software as being present on Win7. 2) Open Control Panel and click Administrative Tools, then double click "Services". Scroll down to Windows Defender and make sure it's enabled & set to Automatic Start. You might want to install MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials for x64). MSE will disable Defender after it's installed; if you go that route.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jul 30, 2015 15:54:21 GMT -6
+1 to everything b1 said above. Norton blows, MSE and Defender are what we use. Malwarebytes is super too. |
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Post by keymod on Jul 30, 2015 16:21:36 GMT -6
Thanks, I found a link to MSE and installed it, it is scanning now. I did have Defender installed but I didn't know it.
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